Sole-edge-burnishing machine.



Patented lune 5, |900.

s. n. 15mm vwd. IL TRIPR Administrator.

SULB. EBEE BURNLSHING MACHINE.

Mppeatxon ke May 8, 1897 (No Model.)

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NrTED STATES PATENT OFFCE;

SETH D. TRIPP, or LYNN, MASSAoHUSETTs; THAXTER N. TRIPP, ADMINIS- TRATOR or sAID SETI-I D. TRIPP, DECEASED, ASSIGNoR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, To SAID THAXTER N. TRIPP, oF SAME PLACE.

VSOLE-EDGE--BUFiNISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,998, dated June 5, 1900.

Application filed May 8, 1897. Serial No. 635,680. (No model.) i

To all whom t may concern,-

Be itknown that I, SETH D. TRIPP, of Lynn, county of Essex, and State'of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Sole-Edge- Burnishing Machines, of which the following descrption,in connection with the accompanying drawings, Ais aspecitlcation, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

In the operation of -burnishing the edges of ro the soles of boots and shoes by machinery it is customary for the operator to grasp the shoe to be operated upon with both hands, one hand grasping the heel end of the shoe and the other grasping the toe end thereof, and to thus hold the boot or shoe and present the side edges of its sole to the burnishingtool. When nearing the toe of the shoe, the operator is obliged to release his grasp at such point and to hold the shoe in some other manner, and it has been customary to provide a finger-rest, located in proximity to the bu rnishingtool,which may be clutched by the iingers of the operator while the fore part of the shoe is held in the grasp of his thumb.

This invention has'for itsiobject to improve the construction of linger-rests for sole-edgeA burnishing machines; and the invention consists in a finger-rest having a sleeve fixed to the shank end thereof, a support on which justing said sleeve along 011 its support, and means for vertically adjusting said support.

Figure l is a view of a linger-rest embodyingthis invention and a sufficient portion of a burnishing-machine to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail to be hereinafter referred to.

The nger-rest consists, essentially, of a.

said sleeve is free to oscillate, means for ad shank portion a', which is fixed to or formed integral with a sleeve b, loosely mounted on or connected with the standard or support.

The. standard or support c for the fingerpiece is secured to the frame A of the burnishing-machine, to which the rest is applied by means-of a setscrew c', which permits vertical adjustment thereof. The standard or support o is formed or provided with au olfset-arm c2, which projects toward the burnishing-tool, a portion of which tool is herein shown at d.

The sleeve b, which, as before stated, is Xed to or formed integral with the shank portion a of the finger-piece, is mounted upon and adapted to turn freely on the arm o2 of said standard or support, and the said sleeve is herein shown as formed with a hooked end portion b', Which loosely embraces a block a3, also mounted upon said arm c2, and which is provided with a set-screw a4, by means of which it may be adj ustably secured to said arm. Said block a3 prevents the sleeve from being withdrawn from the arm c2, yet said sleeve is at all times free to turn thereon, and the adjustment provided for said block enables said sleeve and finger-rest borne by it to be adjusted in and out relatively to the burnishing-tool.

In burnishing the edge of the toe portion of the sole of the boot or shoe the operator will, as usual, grasp the heel end of the shoe in. one hand and grasp the fore part of the shoe, back of the toe, with the thumb of the other hand, with the fingers of said hand clutching or embracing the finger-rest, and With the boot or shoe thus held it Will be turned while the burnishing-tool is acting upon the edge of the sole at the toe, and as it is turned to properly1 present the Work the finger-rest, which is loosely connected with its supporting-standard, will freely move or swing in unison with the movement given to the shoe by the operator, (see Fig. 2,) and consequently the finger-piece is more conveniently and firmly clutched or held in the grasp of the fingers during suc-h time than is the oseillate and also adjustable in and out, sub- Io case whenastationaryfinger-restis employed. stantially as described.

I eiaim- In testimony whereof I have signed my In a soie-edge-burnishing machine, a vei'- name t0 this specification in the presence of ticaily-adjustable support having thereon an two subscribing Witnesses.

adjustable block, and a inger-rest having a SETII D. TRIPP. Sleeve fixed to its rear end which is mounted fitnessesz on said support and which embraces said B. J. NOYES,

block, said finger-rest being thereby free to ARTHUR F. RANDALL. 

